(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—As trucks fanned out four-wide behind him, Tyler Reddick took the first checkered flag of his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career in Friday night’s NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Behind the race winner, Erik Jones charged to the outside […]
Tyler Reddick Survives Wild Scramble To Win Daytona Camping World Truck Series Event
February 21, 2015 by 1 Comment
Daytona Notebook: Denny Hamlin Takes Some Fault For Incident With Danica Patrick
February 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Maybe Denny Hamlin was simply trying to smooth the waters after his run-in with Danica Patrick in Thursday night’s second Duel at Daytona 150-mile qualifying races. Or perhaps his after-the-fact tweets were slightly tongue-in-cheek, which, knowing Hamlin, wouldn’t be beyond the realm of […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson Complete Hendrick Motorsports Sweep Of Daytona Duels
February 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Hendrick Motorsports swept the front-row starting positions for Sunday’s Daytona 500. Apparently enjoying the feeling, HMS then swept Thursday’s Budweiser Duel at Daytona twin 150-mile qualifying races. Dale Earnhardt Jr. came from his last-place starting position to win Thursday night’s first Budweiser Duel […]
Thursday Daytona Notebook: Jeff Gordon Faces Big Hurdle To Occasional Racing After 2015
February 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Never say never. Though Jeff Gordon has left the door cracked ever so slightly when it comes to a possible appearance on the track after 2015, he’s more likely to end his competitive role in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing at the end […]
Daytona Weekend Preview: Jeff Gordon’s ‘Great American’ Goodbye
February 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service Jeff Gordon kicked off his final full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season the best way he possibly could – by winning the Daytona 500 Coors Light Pole. The 43-year-old will attempt to launch his farewell full-schedule campaign in even grander fashion in Sunday’s 57th running […]
NASCAR Names Official Kim Lopez Chief Starter for 57th Daytona 500
February 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) NASCAR announced today that long-time official Kim Lopez will be the chief starter for Sunday’s 57th running of the Daytona 500. She will become the first woman and first Hispanic to flag the Great American Race, which begins at 1 p.m. ET Sunday, live on FOX, Motor Racing […]
Daytona Notebook: NASCAR Modifies Daytona Qualifying Format For XFINITY Series And Truck Series
February 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Why have a five-minute qualifying session if no one is going to use the full five minutes? That was one of the rationales NASCAR considered in streamlining the time trial process for the NASCAR XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series for events to […]
NASCAR National Series News & Notes — Daytona International Speedway
February 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Next Race: Daytona 500 The Place: Daytona International Speedway The Date: Sunday, Feb. 22 The Time: 1 p.m. (ET) TV: FOX, Noon (ET) Radio: MRN, Sirius XM Ch. 90 Distance: 500 miles (250 laps) NASCAR XFINITY Series Next Race: Alert Today Florida 300 The […]
How To Make The Daytona 500; NASCAR TV Schedule Through Sunday
February 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Now that Coors Light Pole qualifying for the Daytona 500 is complete, it’s time for the Duel at Daytona – two ‘twin’ 60-lap qualifying races on Thursday night (FOX Sports 1 at 7 p.m. ET) that will set the complete Daytona 500 field on Sunday at […]
Beating The Clock: Jeff Gordon Wins Pole For Daytona 500
February 15, 2015 by 3 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Jeff Gordon won a high-stakes game of “Beat the Clock” on Sunday, with the pole for his final Daytona 500 the ultimate prize. Gordon crossed the start/finish line to start his pole-winning lap as time expired in the final round of knockout qualifying […]
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